I know this probably makes me a little bit crazy, but I like winter. Ok so it’s cold, but that’s what warm coats and boots are for! There are few things as beautiful as a cold winter’s day, but I even like the grey days.
What isn’t so great about winter is the weeks after Christmas when it it can be difficult not to feel fed up. So to fend off the post Christmas blues I have planned to make some new cushions.
For the cushions I wanted to use a winter colour palette. I have been taking my camera with me while I have been out and about and I am going to use these as a starting point.
Here they are!
In this one I like how the dark grey and brown contrast with the pale blue of the sky.
In this one I like the fiery yellow and orange against the blue sky.
This one is my favourite. I love the red hues in the hedgerows combined with the blue of the sky and the grey of the road.
Based on this photo, the colour palette I have chosen for my cushions are shades of grey, pale blue and deep red.
Here is the fabric I will be using.
Obviously the colours are not an exact match! The plain blue fabric is greyer than I was expecting, but it’s still a pretty colour and the sky in winter is that shade sometimes, even if it was not on the day that I took the photo.
Other is also a lot of green in the picture, which I have chosen to ignore! I’ve just picked the colours from the photo that I like that I think work well together.
Here are some other possible colour combinations.
Blue, Brown, orange and yellow are the main colours in this photo.
Or about for a more traditionally wintery feel…
Of white, grey, brown and blue?
You can find the tutorial for the cushion here!
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